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And the former default is no longer developer friendly. (Or friendly to anyone else, really.)

a1o 2y ago
I can't tell if this trail of talk is about Tumblr, Blogger, or something else - idnk, does anyone else remembers Astroatlas?
- Wingy 2y ago
  I’m pretty sure they’re referring to Twitter.
  - briandear 2y ago
    Twitter still exists. Renamed. Same exact thing. You can create an account and post whatever random things you want. Some people might follow you. Some might not. If you see something that makes you sad, you can block the person who posted the sad thing.
    - staplers 2y ago
      It's a walled garden. Unless you are logged into an account it's basically a private network.
      - lenkite 2y ago
        All social media have to be walled gardens or be free-prey for ravenous AI bots. Evolution at work.
        microtonal 2y ago
        or be free-prey for ravenous AI bots Have you recently been on X?
        latexr 2y ago
        I think your parent comment is talking about AI bots consuming the content, while you seem to be making a point about AI bots posting content.
        darkwater 2y ago
        There are thousands of bluecheck AI bots that just copy-paste/regurgitate or just make up stupid content and post it continuously to get engagement views and money. It is really worse than before.
        mavhc 2y ago
        Why are you following them?
        Uehreka 2y ago
        You don’t need to follow someone to see their content. When you open the app the default timeline is the “For You” one. Sometimes you don’t even notice that the app has switched back to “For You”, X definitely doesn’t really want you staying on the “Following” tab.
        5040 2y ago
        The regurgitated content is often in the form of comments in popular threads.
        drusepth 2y ago
        "Popular" tweets (of which these bot accounts often fall into, because they're propped up by bot responses and engagement farming) are pushed into your feed even if you're not following (or engaging) with them.
        darkwater 2y ago
        I'm not following them, I just see them in any damn mildly interesting thread out there.
    - hmry 2y ago
      "no longer developer friendly" referring to them re-pricing their API to make aggregating data for fun monetarily infeasible.
      - microtonal 2y ago
        Not just aggregating data for fun. It made third-party clients like Tweetbot impossible. Similar to non-old.reddit.com, the web interface has been crappy for a pretty long time, but was easily worked around by using better clients. No more.
    - latexr 2y ago
      > Same exact thing. It very much is not. No third-party clients; can’t see threads without an account; owner inserting himself and his ideology at the centre; fewer and less diverse participating people; diminished trust in the platform; more spam; different verification rules… Even the character limit is different.
    - walthamstow 2y ago
      Even blocking has changed!
- eru 2y ago
  Probably Twitter? Tumblr and Blogger were for regular blogging, not micro-blogging.
johtso 2y ago
Youtube certainly isn't developer friendly.. their APIs have very strict limits that often force people to go down the scraping route

a1o 2y ago

I can't tell if this trail of talk is about Tumblr, Blogger, or something else - idnk, does anyone else remembers Astroatlas?

Wingy 2y ago
I’m pretty sure they’re referring to Twitter.
- briandear 2y ago
  Twitter still exists. Renamed. Same exact thing. You can create an account and post whatever random things you want. Some people might follow you. Some might not. If you see something that makes you sad, you can block the person who posted the sad thing.
  - staplers 2y ago
    It's a walled garden. Unless you are logged into an account it's basically a private network.
    - lenkite 2y ago
      All social media have to be walled gardens or be free-prey for ravenous AI bots. Evolution at work.
      - microtonal 2y ago
        or be free-prey for ravenous AI bots Have you recently been on X?
        latexr 2y ago
        I think your parent comment is talking about AI bots consuming the content, while you seem to be making a point about AI bots posting content.
        darkwater 2y ago
        There are thousands of bluecheck AI bots that just copy-paste/regurgitate or just make up stupid content and post it continuously to get engagement views and money. It is really worse than before.
        mavhc 2y ago
        Why are you following them?
        Uehreka 2y ago
        You don’t need to follow someone to see their content. When you open the app the default timeline is the “For You” one. Sometimes you don’t even notice that the app has switched back to “For You”, X definitely doesn’t really want you staying on the “Following” tab.
        5040 2y ago
        The regurgitated content is often in the form of comments in popular threads.
        drusepth 2y ago
        "Popular" tweets (of which these bot accounts often fall into, because they're propped up by bot responses and engagement farming) are pushed into your feed even if you're not following (or engaging) with them.
        darkwater 2y ago
        I'm not following them, I just see them in any damn mildly interesting thread out there.
  - hmry 2y ago
    "no longer developer friendly" referring to them re-pricing their API to make aggregating data for fun monetarily infeasible.
    - microtonal 2y ago
      Not just aggregating data for fun. It made third-party clients like Tweetbot impossible. Similar to non-old.reddit.com, the web interface has been crappy for a pretty long time, but was easily worked around by using better clients. No more.
  - latexr 2y ago
    > Same exact thing. It very much is not. No third-party clients; can’t see threads without an account; owner inserting himself and his ideology at the centre; fewer and less diverse participating people; diminished trust in the platform; more spam; different verification rules… Even the character limit is different.
  - walthamstow 2y ago
    Even blocking has changed!
eru 2y ago
Probably Twitter? Tumblr and Blogger were for regular blogging, not micro-blogging.

johtso 2y ago

Youtube certainly isn't developer friendly.. their APIs have very strict limits that often force people to go down the scraping route